Out of Phoenix Bridge (1997)

• 61%
• 1997
• Documentary
• Li Hong

This groundbreaking work from Li Hong, China's first independent female documentarian, follows two years in the lives of four young women from the countryside who have come to Beijing for jobs. Although they work long hours as maids or street vendors and share a tiny room no bigger than a closet, they savor these years-- between living as a daughter at home and returning to the village to marry --as probably the freest time of their lives.